List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2014

This page lists the albums that reached number one on the overall Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, the R&B Albums chart (introduced in 2013), and the Rap Albums chart in 2014. The R&B Albums and Rap Albums charts serve as partial distillations of the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.

List of number ones

Key

†	Indicates best-charting R&B/Hip-Hop, R&B and Rap albums of 2014[1][2][3]

Issue date	R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	Artist(s)		R&B Albums	Artist(s)		Rap Albums	Artist(s)	Refs.
January 4	Beyoncé †	Beyoncé		Beyoncé †	Beyoncé		The Marshall Mathers LP 2 †	Eminem	[4]
January 11									[5]
January 18									[6]
January 25							My Own Lane	Kid Ink	[7]
February 1							The Marshall Mathers LP 2 †	Eminem	[8]
February 8									[9]
February 15							The Heist	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis	[10]
February 22	Love, Marriage & Divorce	Toni Braxton and Babyface		Love, Marriage & Divorce	Toni Braxton and Babyface		The Marshall Mathers LP 2 †	Eminem	[11]
March 1	Beyoncé †	Beyoncé		Beyoncé †	Beyoncé				[12]
March 8									[13]
March 15	Oxymoron	Schoolboy Q					Oxymoron	Schoolboy Q	[14]
March 22	Mastermind	Rick Ross		Girl	Pharrell Williams		Mastermind	Rick Ross	[15]
March 29				Lift Your Spirit	Aloe Blacc				[16]
April 5	My Krazy Life	YG		Girl	Pharrell Williams		My Krazy Life	YG	[17]
April 12	Girl	Pharrell Williams							[18]
April 19									[19]
April 26									[20]
May 3	Testimony	August Alsina		Testimony	August Alsina		The Marshall Mathers LP 2 †	Eminem	[21]
May 10	Honest	Future		Girl	Pharrell Williams		Honest	Future	[22]
May 17	The New Classic	Iggy Azalea					The New Classic	Iggy Azalea	[23]
May 24	Strangeulation	Tech N9ne					Strangeulation	Tech N9ne	[24]
May 31	Xscape	Michael Jackson		Xscape	Michael Jackson		The New Classic	Iggy Azalea	[25]
June 7									[26]
June 14	Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse	Mariah Carey		Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse	Mariah Carey				[27]
June 21	Animal Ambition	50 Cent		Xscape	Michael Jackson		Animal Ambition	50 Cent	[28]
June 28	Xscape	Michael Jackson							[29]
July 5	A.K.A.	Jennifer Lopez		A.K.A.	Jennifer Lopez		The New Classic	Iggy Azalea	[30]
July 12	These Things Happen	G-Eazy		Bridges	Joe		These Things Happen	G-Eazy	[31]
July 19	Trigga	Trey Songz		Trigga	Trey Songz		Thanks for Listening	Colt Ford	[32]
July 26							Closer	Mike Stud	[33]
August 2							The New Classic	Iggy Azalea	[34]
August 9	Nobody's Smiling	Common					Nobody's Smiling	Common	[35]
August 16	PartyNextDoor Two	PartyNextDoor		PartyNextDoor Two	PartyNextDoor		The New Classic	Iggy Azalea	[36]
August 23	The New Classic	Iggy Azalea		Trigga	Trey Songz				[37]
August 30	Stronger	Tank		Stronger	Tank				[38]
September 6	Blacc Hollywood	Wiz Khalifa		Smokey & Friends	Smokey Robinson		Blacc Hollywood	Wiz Khalifa	[39]
September 13	Promise To Love: Album IV	Kem		Promise To Love: Album IV	Kem				[40]
September 20	Seen It All: The Autobiography	Jeezy					Seen It All: The Autobiography	Jeezy	[41]
September 27	Souled Out	Jhené Aiko		Souled Out	Jhené Aiko		Anomaly	Lecrae	[42]
October 4	X	Chris Brown		X	Chris Brown				[43]
October 11									[44]
October 18	Art Official Age	Prince		Art Official Age	Prince		Kauai	Childish Gambino	[45]
October 25	Point of No Return	Keyshia Cole		Point of No Return	Keyshia Cole				[46]
November 1	Blood Moon: Year of the Wolf	The Game		X	Chris Brown		Blood Moon: Year of the Wolf	The Game	[47]
November 8	Paperwork	T.I.		Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics	Aretha Franklin		Paperwork	T.I.	[48]
November 15				J.E. Heartbreak 2	Jagged Edge				[49]
November 22	VII	Teyana Taylor		VII	Teyana Taylor				[50]
November 29	Cadillactica	Big K.R.I.T.		Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances	Whitney Houston		Cadillactica	Big K.R.I.T.	[51]
December 6									[52]
December 13	Shady XV	Shady Records		More	Beyoncé		Shady XV	Shady Records	[53]
December 20	The London Sessions	Mary J. Blige		The London Sessions	Mary J. Blige				[54]
December 27	2014 Forest Hills Drive	J. Cole		Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?	K. Michelle		2014 Forest Hills Drive	J. Cole	[55]

See also

• 2014 in music
• List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2014
• List of number-one R&B/hip-hop songs of 2014 (U.S.)